Volume 126, No 74 January 24, 2017

Volume 126, No. 74 Tuesday, January 24, 2017

NEWS

Dark side of the deep web PAGE 4

SPORTS

Meet the Rockies PAGE 7

A woman admires a piece in the “Identities/Perspectives” exhibit at CSU’s Gregory Allicar Museum of Art’s opening reception for Spring 2017.

PHOTO BY ASHLEY POTTS COLLEGIAN

CSU’s Gregory Allicar Museum of Art opens 3 new exhibits

By Ashley Potts @11smashley

The Gregory Allicar Museum of Art at Colorado State University has opened three new exhibitions for spring 2017. Many students, professors and Fort

Collins community members came out to the opening reception last Thursday.

Museum Director and Chief Curator Linny Frickman addressed the crowd with an important message of acceptance and diversity.

“We are so proud of our new exhibitions and our permanent installations, which seek to honor a diversity of cultural expressions, examine problematic stereotypes and to promote an equity of western and non-western traditions,” Frickman said.

Frickman also addressed recent calls for art strikes across the country in light of the political climate.

“Many have noted that museums are places for civic and civil discourse, that we are open see MUSEUM on page 10 >>

A&C

From Juilliard to CSU PAGE 11

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“I’m aesthetically dying on the inside.”

“I don’t really have a laugh. It’s really just more like a gasping fish.”

“That was a really visceral description. I’m not sure I’m okay with it.”

“Butter in Colorado is shaped weirdly.”

“Every time I walk into Braiden, I act like I’m the shit.”

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NEWS Tuesday, January 24, 2017

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Danforth Chapel window to be replaced over summer

By Rachel Telljohn @racheltelljohn

Danforth Chapel, which had its historic stained glass window broken during a burglary this past fall, will replace the broken window in summer 2017.

The total preliminary cost for the window is currently less than $10,000 according to Fred Haberecht, assistant director of facilities management at Colorado State University.

Emil Frei and Company has partnered with the university in order to repair the window.

They are using pictures taken of the window, as well as some of the stained glass that was salvaged after the burglary.

The window, installed in 1954 when the chapel was built, was part of the original building design. It featured non-denominational artwork titled “The Genesis.�

It was designed and fabricated by Emil Frei and Company, based out of of Saint Louis.

Currently, Danforth Chapel is nominated to be on the National Register of Historic Places. If accepted, the chapel would join 14 other buildings

on campus that are listed in the register.

Rachel Telljohn can be reached at news@collegian. com.

(LEFT) Portions of the stained glass windows in the Danforth Chapel are pictured on January 23rd. The Danforth Chapel, located on the north side of the Oval, recently had one of its stained glass windows broken. FORREST CZARNECKI (RIGHT) The damage after the break-in. PHOTO COURTESY OF CSU SOURCE.

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NEWS Tuesday, January 24, 2017

CAMPUS

Students speak about experience on deep web

By Logan Crizer @logloc19

Editor’s Note: Names have been changed to protect anonymity.

The internet is more than it appears. Its backdoor access to an underground and untraceable world creates an environment ripe for anonymous activity.

TorBrowser logo. FILE PHOTO COLLEGIAN

Two Colorado State University students opened up this week about their experiences with the deep web.

The deep web, or the dark web, is the expanse of the internet that goes beyond traditional search engines such as Google,

and is completely untraceable.

Because of this, the deep web is a hot spot for illegal activity, according to the Guardian.

According to the Guardian, the deep web is 400 to 550 times larger than the regular internet, which, when searched, only reveals .03 percent of the total web pages available.

The deep web can be accessed only through torrented web pages, which are downloaded by participants through anonymity browsers like Tor, or are sent to participants by those who already have access to them, according to PC Advisor.

The untraceable aspect of the deep web makes it a hot spot for all sorts of illegal activities, according to Rolling Stone.

Drug market Andrew, a CSU student, once used the deep web to buy drugs.

The student used a site called Dream Market, which is a world wide network for selling and buying illegal substances. Andrew said it is a main source for purchasing drugs that are used on the CSU campus, and that he knows quite a few people who have bought drugs off of it.

Each seller has a rating which indicates how good their products are and whether or not they

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scam their buyers. The drugs for purchase range from Adderall to ecstasy, and they even sell drugs for weight loss.

“I have mostly used the dream market to buy molly, but you can buy almost anything, they even have tapeworms you can buy for weight loss,” Andrew said.

Online currency, called Bitcoin, is used for the transactions.

Participants buy the Bitcoin and then upload it to their accounts.

“Bitcoin is super easy to get, you can download an app and buy it,” Andrew said. “Plus it is legal, you just send it to your account and there is no way to trace it since the website uses encryption.”

Andrew can then choose whether or not to send the money first, or to send it when the package is in the mail.

The seller lists their requirements on the page and has a encrypted code used to insert the address.

Andrew said the drugs can also be bought in any quantity requested for a price almost always cheaper than market value.

To evade any investigation into the purchase, most participants use a P.O. box instead of home addresses.

On only one occasion has the interviewee had interception with the post office.

“I ordered some zanes and I got a letter instead of my package from the post office and FedEx that said your package has been confiscated,” he said, referring to the drug Xanax. “It then said you could come pick it up; I chose not to because that is sketchy, but they had no way to trace it back to me.”

When the packages arrive the drugs come hidden in objects to be less detectable, he said.

“I’ve got some coke once that came inside of a nice pen, some acid that was hidden in a birthday card and some zanes that came inside of a toy car,” he said.

This market also has access to a variety of products and services including hacking, fake IDs and fake passports.

Although the Dream Market is widely used, it barely skims the surface of what is available on the web.

Protected information Another CSU student, Marsha, was working on a project about biological warfare when she found that most pages that explained it were blocked. The most she could gain access to was a Wikipedia page.

Determined to learn more about her topic and why the pages were blocked, the student accessed the deep web.

It was then she discovered the in-depth search ability that the deep web enables. Marsha searched the pages that were previously blocked on the normal search engines.

The pages requested government logins and similar blocking agents, which prevented her from discovering more information.

Still determined, Marsha attempted to make a login to one of the websites, but the webpage began to download something onto her laptop.

“I wasn’t able to delete the entire program, and then it started kind of killing my computer,” she said. “It began to delete some things I stored on my computer like images and documents. I disconnected it from the internet but then it worked through my laptop and deleted everything. Then eventually it erased the computer’s start up protocol.”

The laptop then became completely unusable, Marsha said.

Logan Crizer can be reached at news@collegian.com.

NEWS Tuesday, January 24, 2017

CITY

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CITY

Mayor to speak on state of the city Monday State trooper runs stop sign, vehicle collision results in serious injuries

By Hailey Deaver @autumn_hail

By Hailey Deaver @autumn_hail

A collision involving two vehicles at the intersection of Giddings Road and Richards Lake Road, about six miles north of campus, resulted in major injuries Sunday evening.

A 2017 Buick Enclave was hit by a 2016 Toyota Camry that had failed to stop at a stop sign. The vehicles ended up northeast of the intersection in a field.

The driver of the Camry is a State Trooper in Weld County in the Colorado State Patrol. The collision occurred in the trooper’s personal vehicle.

The driver of the Enclave and the front seat passenger had serious injuries and were transported to the Poudre Valley Hospital. The state trooper, and their adolescent passenger, were transported to the Medical Center of the Rockies with serious injuries.

The Fort Collins Police

CRASH team shut down the intersection of the collision for five and a half hours while the scene was investigated. Police believe that no alcohol or drugs were involved in the collision.

Because the collision occurred in the 8th Judicial District, involved a law enforcement employee and serious bodily injuries the Critical Incident Response Team is responsible for releasing information that can identify the state trooper. Identifying information on the civilians will be released at a later time by Fort Collins Police.

The investigation is still ongoing and will be presented to the Larimer County District Attorney’s office for review after the investigation is concluded.

If anyone who has more information on the collision and has not spoken to law enforcement, they should contact Tim Brennan at 970-4162229.

Hailey Deaver can be reached at news@collegian.com

Mayor Wade Troxell will speak at the annual State of the City address 6-7 p.m. on Jan. 30 at the Fort Collins Armory 314 E. Mountain Avenue.

The Mayor and the City Manager Darin Atteberry will explore innovation, co-creation and how the city has become a platform for both.

City Council will discuss and review the accomplishments in 2016, and then discuss the new city goals for 2017.

Residents of Fort Collins are welcome to the event to learn more about solving problems as a community and better ways to become more engaged as a community.

Doors open at 5:30 p.m. and parking will be located in downtown Fort Collins or at the Old Town Parking structure at 209 E. Mountain Ave. The event will have hors d’oeuvres and refreshments for residents attending.

Mayor Troxell also announced that he will be running for reelection in the April 4 municipal election. More information on his campaign

Mayor Wade Troxell will speak at the annual State of the City address from 6-7 p.m. on Jan. 30. PHOTO BY MIKE BERG COLLEGIAN

can be found at voteforwade. org.

Residents are encouraged to ask questions prior to the event on the City’s Facebook page or Twitter using the hashtag, #FoCoCrea.

Space is limited, so people planning to attend the event are required to R.S.V.P. at fcgov.com/stateofthecity. The event will also be livestreamed on the City of Fort Collins’ YouTube channel, youtube.

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Two watch parties are also available for people to attend a more informal event at The Lyric Cinema Café, 300 E. Mountain Avenue or Prost Tasting Room, 321 Old Firehouse Alley. The Lyric has limited space and guests are asked to R.S.V.P. in order to reserve space.

Hailey Deaver can be reached at news@collegian. com

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OPINION Tuesday, January 24, 2017

NOPE DOPE

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Students for Life, your right to free speech is not being violated

By Erik Petrovich In their lawsuit against CSU claiming that their rights were violated, campus organization Students for Life makes wild, unverified and overblown claims.

Free speech is a growing topic of conversation on university campuses across the country, with a growing number of students claiming that their right to free speech has been violated because their school decides not to allow certain speakers on campus. With the likes of Breitbart News technology editor Milo Yiannopoulos creating national followings off of being banned from speaking from schools (and from Twitter), it should be of no surprise that some of that mindset would trickle its way here to sunny Fort Collins, Colorado.

Last week, on-campus pro-life organization Students for Life filed a federal lawsuit against Colorado State University because the university chose not to provide funds for a prolife speaker to visit campus. The speaker would have been Josh Brahm, president of the Equal Rights Institute, an organization which provides online courses and real-life training to pro-life activists who want to know how to persuade others that being pro-choice is philosophically wrong, and that being pro-life is a declaration of body rights.

The thing that Students for Life does not realize is, just like every other right we have, free speech is not granted by CSU and cannot be taken away

by CSU. It is a right guaranteed by the Constitution and the U.S. Government that you will not be imprisoned or otherwise persecuted for speaking against the government or for expressing your own ideas about society. Free speech is not a right to demand that public-funded universities provide funding for controversial speaking trainers, whose words would only matter to a very select few organizations and like-minded individuals.

In their suit, Students for Life makes many wild, unverified, overblown claims.

The group claims that the marketplace of ideas on the CSU campus has been violated because funds allocated through the university’s Diversity Grant

give “unbridled discretion” to the fund allocation committee to “favor the speech of popular groups and to exclude the speech of unpopular ones.”

Despite the apparent destruction of this marketplace, they are still allowed to sell prolife ideas and organize as an official campus political group. Their hypothetical stall in the marketplace of ideas hasn’t been torn down, and they can still share their platform without Josh Brahm coming to tell them how to do it better. They are not the only group to have been denied a speaker on the CSU campus: The group claims that “it is impossible to find a speaker who is entirely unbiased and to create an event where everyone will necessarily feel affirmed.”

Despite this, they chose to file a lawsuit against CSU after inviting a speaker who would have never enticed pro-choice students or faculty to his event.

The goal of the Equal Rights Institute is to educate already prolife activists and citizens into being able to convince others that bring pro-life is right, and that being pro-choice is ethically and morally wrong.

Students for Life claims that CSU has violated their constitutional rights and caused “irreparable injury” to the group by forcing members to pay activity fees to the university.

Most importantly though, and with no sound basis, the group accuses CSU of allocating activity funds based on its own viewpoints, with “no criteria or standards.”

Despite this, in 2015, CSU allowed Ryan T. Anderson, who believes in conversion therapy for homosexuals and was an advocate for a traditional definition of marriage, to speak on campus.

And in 2011, climate change denier Fred Singer, who called the media “brainwashed” and said fear about climate change is a “psychosis”, was allowed to speak on campus.

Students for Life, your right to free speech is not being ripped from your arms.

On-campus organizations seem to not know the difference between guaranteeing free speech and thought for everybody, and demanding a bigger microphone for yourself to turn others to your view.

Using being sick as an excuse for everything. #Flakey Getting pulled over for not having a one inch sticker on your car. #AlternativeTags

Being wrong about words. Seriously!

The English language is tricky.

Skateboarders being ambiguous inbetweeners of pedestrians and bikers. #RoadRage

Cupcakes. Feeling satisfied by consuming a whole cake but not feeling like death afterwards.

Meeting a Rockies player.

Penny pitchers. #AfterCollegeIt’sCalledAlcoholism

Cool middle names. Few and far between, but still incredibly dope.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Happy Birthday, Ed Verne Roberts

By Dylan Moran

CSU Student Veterans Organization

Circling the endless possibilities of learning by accidentally clicking the google logo while trying to research something else can be a precarious way of finding knowledge.

Sometimes getting distracted and forgetting about your homework, yet still finding something of value.

As a broadcast on CBS in 1989, in the show 60 minutes, the Disability Activist Ed Verne Roberts had a conversation with Harry Reasoner. The show cuts straight to the chase with a sensitive topic that is worth discussing. The show begins quoting Ed Roberts “first of all…” at this point the man who is speaking has proven such a joy for life that no one expected what he would say next, “I tried to kill myself.”

Well it’s a good thing that he didn’t. Ed Verne Roberts, the first student with severe disabilities; diagnosed with polio at age 14, just before the vaccination came out, an American-disabilities rights activist, the pioneer of the independent-living movement; to be accepted to the University California, Berkley. Yet the things he had to overcome to get to that point would be a cruel and outrageous shortcoming of humanity.

Let’s put ourselves in Robert’s shoes for a second.

Let’s say student A is above average learner, proficient with his subjects in school, plays competitive sports and even has a crush on one of the smart girls in his class. A year passes by, and student A contracts the devastating disease polio. These things do happen, with no control of the individual. Yet, student A prevails and continues high

school, finishing all his credits but two that he is incapable of doing. Physical education and driver’s education. Student A was denied a diploma from his high school and the chance to further his education. That student was Ed Roberts.

“Ed Verne Roberts, the first student with severe disabilities; diagnosed with polio at age 14, just before the vaccination came out, an Americandisabilities rights activist, the pioneer of the independent-living movement.”

“There are very few people even with the most severe disabilities that can’t take control of their own life… the problem is people around us don’t expect us to.” The 60 minutes episode focuses on Roberts’ persistence to commit suicide. How he would refuse to eat, for lack of other means to do so, in his tenacious attempts he found out how powerfully willed the brain can be. “You have to be pretty creative when you’re paralyzed from the neck down” Roberts says in a light manner with a smile on his face.

To see such a happy man overcome such disbelief by the people around him is both inspiring and heart wrenching to hear that no one believed he could do it. Harry

Reasoner asks Roberts, “they told you it might have been better if you died?” Simply after learning that the doctors supported his attitude towards suicide. Whether it was medical expertise or regret of not getting him vaccinated for polio in time, it is never acceptable to leave someone to fight these battles of self-worth alone.

Roberts went from 120 pounds to 50 pounds, “I also discovered how powerful the mind is” says Ed Roberts.

For most people suicide is a quick out, a bullet in a gun and a pull of the trigger, a noose and a kick of the chair; but for Roberts it was the ultimate struggle to commit the tragic act of taking his own life. It makes you think, that maybe, with the support of his doctors, his school and the people around him he would of never of even tried.

So is talking about suicide enough to keep those who are challenged aware of their options? Maybe it takes more than that.

The student and student veteran organization at Colorado State University are battling suicide in a different way than Roberts did. He did it alone with strong mind and spirit. But, YOU ARE NOT ALONE. Thanks to the work of Ed Verne Roberts and many other activists, advocating so people with disabilities can still live normal lives without being discouraged.

With the purpose of supporting life all together simply after learning that the doctors supported his attitude towards suicide. Happy birthday Ed and thanks for living a long and fruitful life.

SPORTS Tuesday, January 24, 2016

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Colorado Rockies winter caravan coming to Fort Collins BASEBALL

By Chad Deutschman @Chaddeutschman

The Rockies are coming to town.

The Colorado Rockies announced details of their five-day 2017 Winter Caravan tour across the Rocky Mountain region, which will stop in Fort Collins on Wednesday, Jan. 25.

The tour is designed to offer fans an opportunity to connect with Rockies players and staff in addition to conversing with members of the organization about the current state of the team. Some of the player names highlighting the tour include: Chad Bettis, Jon Gray, DJ LeMahieu, Trevor Story, Tony Wolters and David Dahl. Rockies manager Bud Black, who was hired in November 2016, and general manager Jeff Bridich will also be joining the caravan at select stops.

“It’s just to meet and greet our fans, and for them to just be

able to see the players and see Bud Black, see our staff,” said Warren Miller, Colorado Rockies director of communications.

“Just to have sort of informal conversations and really celebrate our fans.”

When the caravan visits Fort Collins on Wednesday, fans will be able to meet with outfielders David Dahl and Gerardo Parra, pitcher Carlos Estevez and catcher Tom Murphy.

“I think (the players) are excited,” Miller said about the player’s enthusiasm for the trip.

“I think it gives them a chance to relax and sort of joke with fans and joke with each other, and I think the fans like that interaction the players have with each other when they are relaxed and they’re not at work, they’re not in the ballpark, so that’s important.”

The meet and greet with the players will take place in the Lory Student Center at 11:15 a.m. Fans will have around 30

minutes to meet with players before they move on to go to the Rio Grande Mexican Restaurant in Old Town for an invitation only lunch. Following the lunch, the organization will visit the Poudre Valley Hospital before heading up to Wyoming for another fan session and the University of Wyoming basketball game against UNLV. “You know it is hard during the year to really reach out to our fans with players cause they are on the field and they are busy, but this gives them a chance to really meet and greet with our fans and to engage with our fans,” Miller said about the mission of the caravan. “It is all about the fans. We obviously play in Denver but we have so many fans not only around the Denver area but beyond, whether it’s Colorado Springs or Fort Collins, and beyond in other states. It’s just important for us to go out and have those conversations to see what fans think

The Colorado Rockies; David Dahl (26), Tony Wolters and Charlie Blackmon (19) scramble to get a ball hit by the Texas Rangers.

about our team.”

The caravan is set to visit Colorado Springs and Littleton on Jan. 24, Fort Collins and Larime, Wyoming on Wednesday Jan. 25, Grand Junction and Salt Lake City, Utah on Thursday Jan. 26 and Albequerqe, New Mexico on Jan. 27

“A lot of these guys are busy,” Miller said. “It’s the middle of their vacation time, it’s the middle of their workout time, and for them to come (on the trip), its awesome.”

Collegian sports editor Chad Deutschman can be reached by email at sports@collegian.com.

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SPORTS Tuesday, January 24, 2017

BASKETBALL

Tough road ahead for men’s basketball Justin Michael @JustinTMichael

It hasn’t been smooth sailing for Colorado State men’s basketball.

While the team is coming from a road victory at Utah State, a tough road lies ahead for a CSU team that has only seven scholarship players and a recently added walk-on from the track team.

Since the season began with an exhibition against Regis Nov. 8, it has been littered with distractions.

From dealing with star guard Gian Clavell following his arrest for false imprisonment with a domestic violence enhancement and subsequent nine-game suspension, losing Che Bob, Devocio Butler and Kimani Jackson to academic ineligibility and a postgame skirmish between Emmanuel Omogbo and University of New Mexico assistant coach Terrence Rencher, the Colorado State men’s basketball team has certainly faced its fair share of adversity.

Despite getting through all of this with a 12-8 overall record, 4-3 Mountain West, just one game out of first place in the conference, the road ahead is not exactly smooth.

Larry Eustachy’s team still has 11 conference games re-

maining, including a pair with San Diego State and Wyoming.

The Rams will also travel to both Nevada and UNLV and play host to Boise State and Fresno State, both of which have beaten CSU this season.

Assuming that the team is able to get through these 11 games without losing anybody else, the sheer amount of minutes that the core players will have to play is going to take a tole by the time the Rams head to Las Vegas for the Mountain West Tournament on Mar. 8-11.

In the most recent victory over Utah State, Gian Clavell played all 40 minutes while Emmanuel Omogbo (32), J.D. Paige (30) and Prentiss Nixon (38) each logged 30-plus minutes.

The starters did not get into seri-

ous foul trouble, but reserve forward Braden Koelliker finished the night with four.

At some point, Colorado State is going to be in a situation where someone fouls out or cannot finish the game and that is when this team is really going to be tested.

The reality is that we cannot expect them to play perfect basketball for the next two months and even Eustachy has admitted that the state of the roster will likely hurt them in tight games.

The players have stepped up in a difficult situation, but having only eight players on the active roster means this team is a ticking time bomb and that is a shame because there is enough talent for this team to compete for a Mountain West Champion-

ship.

Omogbo has been a double-double machine and both Clavell and Nixon have really found their groove as scorers. All three have raised their scoring totals in conference-play and really upped their game since a demoralizing loss to Kansas State at the Pepsi Center on Dec. 17.

How long will these three be able to shoulder the weight though?

It will be interesting to see how the Rams handle the rest of the season, but without Che Bob and Devocio Butler to provide a spark in the offense and Kimani Jackson to provide depth in the post, winning the Mountain West is going to be a daunting task.

Justin Michael can be reached at sports@collegian.com

Quinn says no worries about off-field issues for Falcons at Super Bowl NATIONAL

By Michael Cunningham

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

The last time the Falcons went to the Super Bowl they suffered a disappointing loss following an embarrassing and distracting incident the night before: safety Eugene Robinson’s arrest on a charge of soliciting a prostitute.

The Falcons are returning to the Super Bowl for the first time since that 1999 game. Coach Dan Quinn said he’s not concerned about any of his players getting into trouble next week in Houston before the Falcons play the Patriots on Feb. 5.

“I recognize the question,” Quinn said at his Monday news conference. “Honestly, on some other teams I’ve been a part of, you might have worried, but not this team. This team is so tight and the accountability they have for one another is so strong and so, to me, that’s why (there is no worry).

“They totally rely on one another. This brotherhood is so strong, they care about one another and they are playing for something bigger than themselves. For this team and this group, I totally trust them.”

The Falcons lost 34-19 to the Broncos in the 1999 Super Bowl. Robinson was arrested the night before after Miami police said he offered an undercover officer $40 for sex. The arrest came hours after Robinson had been presented with the Bart

Starr Man of the Year Award for high moral character.

Robinson, now a radio analyst for the Panthers, cautioned that team’s players before they traveled to play in last year’s Super Bowl.

“I told them I cried all night,” Robinson said, according to the Charlotte Observer.

“Dude, I cried all night. How did I get way over here when I was way over here? Well, it is easy to lose your way when you’re selfish, and you’re thinking about yourself, and that’s what I did.”

There have other publicized incidents involved Super Bowl participants, and both of their teams also lost their games.

Raiders offensive lineman Barrett Robbins disappeared from the team on the Friday prior to the 2003 Super Bowl in San Diego. Robbins showed up to the team hotel disoriented the night before the game and checked into a hospital the next morning.

Robbins later said he was diagnosed with bipolar disorder and was experiencing a manic episode at the time.

Bengals fullback Stanley Wilson went on a cocaine binge and missed his team’s 20-16 loss to the 49ers in the 1988 Super Bowl in Miami. Wilson resurfaced on the Monday following the game. He has said that he’s struggled with addiction for years.

Content from Tribune News Service.

Atlanta Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan celebrates with Julio Jones, connecting for a 70-plus yard touchdown pass for a 31-0 lead over the Green Bay Packers during the third quarter in the NFC Championship game on Sunday, Jan. 22, 2017, in Atlanta, Ga. PHOTO BY CURTIS COMPTON ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSITUTION

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ARTS & CULTURE Tuesday, January 24, 2017

MOVIES & TV

‘Hidden Figures’ teaches important lesson

By Nate Day

The figures involved with NASA in 1961 may have been hidden at the time, but they certainly are not anymore.

Fox 2000’s latest picture details the incredible true story of three scientists, Katherine Goble, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson, and the obstacles facing them as African-American Women in Hampton, Virginia.

Directed by Theodore Melfi, “Hidden Figures” boasts an all-star cast, headlined by Oscar-nominee Taraji P. Henson, Oscar-winner Octavia Spencer and Janelle Monáe, and supported by the likes of Kevin Cosner, Kirsten Dunst, Jim Parsons, Mahershala Ali and Glen Pow-

ell. As if that were not enough, the film has already racked up several award nominations, including two Golden Globe nods.

Needless to say, the cast does an incredible job, and each and every one of them truly embodies the men and women they were tasked to portray. Of special note is Taraji P. Henson’s Katherine Goble, a character vastly different from Henson’s character on “Empire,” showing her elasticity and dedication to her craft. Surprisingly, Janelle Monáe transfers from music to film seamlessly, and after this film and her turn in “Moonlight,” do not be shocked to see her appear in more movies in the future. Both Jim Parsons and Glen Powell deviate from their wacky television

>> MUSEUM from page 1 to all, that we honor diverse voices and opinions and that this is extremely important at this time,” Frickman said.

She invited everyone to keep enjoying the museum as they continue their important dialogue on these issues through art. The new exhibitions deal with those issues directly.

The “Survivance” exhibit presents native North American art from the past and the present.

This exhibit is particularly special, as it was curated by undergraduate students in ART 317: Native North American Art. Last spring semester students in the class worked with pieces from the museum’s permanent collection as part of their final research papers.

“It wasn’t just the traditional academic research paper where they read a lot of sources and studied what anthropologists said, they also made a huge effort to reach out to contemporary indigenous knowledge bearers within the communities that the art forms are representing,” said ART 317 professor Emily Moore.

Moore taught the class last spring semester and said she took great pleasure in working with her students on this project.

Their exhibition is part of the permanent collection and can be viewed in the Native American Gallery of the museum.

The new “Drawing on Tradition” exhibit features a number of Baroque style works from 17th and 18th century Europe.

The pieces display a wide range of drawing mediums from many countries in Europe. The works are part of the Hartford-Tans-

tad collection, which makes up much of the museum’s permanent collection.

“Tor Tanstad, your transformative gift has already changed the museum, but we are so pleased to highlight beautiful 17th and 18th century drawings from your collection,” Frickman said.

These pieces will be on display in the Works on Paper Gallery in the museum through April 21.

The third new exhibition is the “Identity/ Perspectives” exhibit. Frickman curated this exhibit with the help of CSU professor Eleanor Moseman.

“She and I put together a series of concepts relating to the interaction between text and image, or text as image, and conceptions of how the body is used in contemporary art, and how space is activated in contemporary art, and how political or activist messages are conveyed through attention to either ethnic or racial identity,” Moseman said.

This exhibit is all about challenging ideas of what is normal.

It was put together in a very nonlinear fashion. The works play off of each other throughout the gallery space, and none is meant to represent a high point in the collection.

“We thought of it as individual themes that are interconnected, and work by these artists that speaks across these different themes relating to contemporary experience of the self in society,” Moseman said.

The exhibit is made up entirely of work donated by Polly and Mark Addison. The Addisons are Colorado natives and long-time art collectors.

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roles to give heartfelt and historically accurate performances that sincerely round out the story as well.

Also interesting was the music behind the film. Pop and R&B artist Pharrell Williams penned several powerful songs that completely embrace the severity of the situations that the trio of scientific and civil rights pioneers face, while also highlighting the optimism, love and energy that they each pour into their lives. Williams also teamed up with famed composer Hans Zimmer to score the film, which turned out nicely as well. Do not be surprised if Williams brings a few awards home for his work on this film.

The film is enjoyable from start to finish, and not just be-

cause of the cast and the music, but because of the writing as well. Humor in the movie is seamless and breezy, as is the chemistry between the three leading ladies. Possibly most importantly, the film does not have a single boring beat, despite focusing on intense sciences and mathematics.

The film has very few downfalls. The biggest being that all three women have such incredible stories that they could have benefited from their own films, making this film feel a bit stuffed. But besides that, the worst part is Kirsten Dunst’s awkward come-and-go accent.

Should you watch it?: Yes Perhaps what was most beautiful about the film, however, is that its message of accep-

tance is just as strong today as it was in the 1960s. In 2017, it can be easy to write off eras of overt discrimination as merely being in the past, but this film reminds us that it is not just history. Except for some small details such as women of color being forced to use separate bathrooms, the movie could have easily taken place in modern day. The trio of women face scrutinizing assumptions and a lack of attention and gratitude for the work they do, which is still an issue that we face today, “Hidden Figures” is a delicate but commanding reminder not to underestimate anyone, especially not based on their skin color or gender.

Nate Day can be reached at entertainment@collegian.com.

Child looks at a piece in the “Survivance” exhibit at CSU’s Gregory Allicar Museum of Art’s opening reception for Spring 2017. PHOTO BY ASHLEY POTTS COLLEGIAN

tally thinking about what to do with their collection and they wanted to give to collections where they know that students will be able to study the work and to have faculty be able to use this kind of artwork in teaching,” Moseman said.

The “Identity/Perspectives” exhibition will be in the Griffin Foundation Gallery of the museum through May 6.

Frickman was excited to add more contemporary art to the museum’s collection, much of which came from the Addison’s collection. She also expressed her gratitude for the professors who volunteer their time to help curate at the museum.

“The museum could not do what we do without the volunteer service of these professors from the Department of Art and

Art History,” Frickman said.

The Gregory Allicar Museum of Art is open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. It is located in the University Center for the Arts at 1400 Remington St. More information can be found at artmuseum.colostate.edu or on the CSUArtMuseum page on Facebook.

Ashley Potts can be reached at entertainment@collegian.com.

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CSU welcomes trumpet professor, Juilliard graduate MUSIC

By McKenzie Moore @mkenziemoore1`72

The School of Music, Theatre and Dance at Colorado State University introduced a new trumpet professor this year: Canadian Brass member Caleb Hudson. Hudson graduated from Juilliard after a lifetime of pursuing music.

“I started playing the trumpet when I was 10 years old, and it was my first, and only, instrument,” said CSU trumpet professor Caleb Hudson. “My parents bought me a used, dented, rusty horn from the classifieds, and I fell in love with it immediately.

I have vivid memories of those initial years, waking up at 5 a.m., getting ready for school and then practicing my trumpet until the school bus came. I would stare out the window and dream about getting into Juilliard and becoming a trumpet soloist. Very soon after I started playing, I was overcome with a hunger and a passion for music, and thankfully it hasn’t subsided since.”

After graduating from Juilliard, Canadian Brass invited Hudson to audition.

“My world was rocked when I was invited to audition for Canadian Brass,” Hudson said.

“This was an ensemble that I

had listened to growing up. To be asked to join a group with such a legacy and prominent place in the music world was incredible, and it’s something I don’t ever take for granted.”

Canadian Brass has performed almost 300 concerts and recorded four albums since Hudson joined in 2013. The group puts an emphasis on education, and the interaction with young music students inspired Hudson to pursue teaching his craft.

However, when it comes to being a professor for CSU’s trumpet studio, Hudson admits that he is a total rookie.

“I’ve never held a previous college teaching position,” Hudson said. “I’ve taught in many different capacities all over the world, but all of them were fairly short-term. A coaching here, a masterclass there, private lessons interspersed as well. My position at CSU is exciting because I have the chance to build something here and to have a significant impact on my studio.”

According to Hudson, passion and connection with his students are his top priorities while teaching at his trumpet studio.

“Whether or not music plays a prominent role in their careers is secondary,” Hudson said. “Music is worthwhile for its own sake.

There is nothing better than making music with others who share a similar passion and commitment. It’s about constant discovery, the pursuit of excellence and the joy of creating something meaningful.”

Hudson looks back on his own musical history, including his teachers and mentors throughout the years, to guide him in his teaching future at CSU. “All I want to think about is what’s best for the students,” Hudson said. “What can I do now to be the best resource available to them? How can I use my talent, knowledge and platform to serve in the best capacity? When I think of legacy, I immediately think of my own teachers. The best of them were true mentors as well. They exuded a generosity of spirit and made sacrifices. All of the musicians I respect most are those kind of inspiring teachers, and I want to be like them.”

CSU’s Center for the Arts included Hudson in multiple performances in the fall semester, including a feature with the University Symphony Orchestra at their fall concert in September. Hudson will also join other members of Canadian Brass in hosting a master class on Sunday, Jan. 29. Despite his busy performance schedule, Hudson said

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Caleb Hudson teaches as the professor of the CSU Trumpet studio as well as performs with the popular brass ensemble, the Canadian Brass.

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that leaving behind a legacy for young musicians is one of his top priorities.

“I think that when it comes to the love for any art form or discipline, the natural expression is to pass it on,” Hudson said. “I did not enter Juilliard with the intention of teaching in any capacity. I was focused on performance, and refining my musicianship and technique. Then I started participating in various teaching and outreach programs at Juilliard. As I performed with other students at hospitals, geri-

atric facilities and AIDS shelters, I began to realize that my artistry had a place in my community.

As I began to teach young underprivileged students from the five boroughs of New York City, I learned that I could be useful in having a meaningful influence on others.”

Hudson looks forward to another semester full of performances, teaching and leaving his mark on CSU. McKenzie Moore can be reached at entertainment@ collegian.com.

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It is not often that we see bands completely open up in such a blunt way with their music. When it does happen, it is something to be impressed by.

The latest release of from poppunk band As It Is is not trying to be relatable for the sake of being relatable. “Okay.” is some of the most refreshing music to welcome into the scene. There is a lot that this latest record brings to the table.

UK based band As It Is is relatively young in comparison to a lot of the bands in the poppunk scene. After starting back around 2012, the five-piece band represents a good mix of the poppunk and emo scenes and are some hard-working musicians as well. In their now almost five years they have released four extended plays, and one other full length record “Never Happy, Ever After” back in 2015. While the album did well in the UK, it did not climb nearly as high in the charts here in the states. It was only a matter of time before another record would make its way out and after releasing a couple of singles in 2016, we finally have the sophomore record from As It Is, “Okay.”

“Okay.” is an 11-track record that clocks in to be around 37 minutes long. Structurally, from front to back, this record gets more emotional as it goes on.

While it is a lot more well-rounded than “Never Happy, Ever After,” it does have some of the band’s best writing to date. It is a lot more emotionally charged than previous works. One of the

most notable things is that none of the tracks necessarily feel like a filler track, everything on this record either serves a purpose or tells a story, which makes listening through a lot more enjoyable.

In addition to the improved writing skills we are also seeing the band add some more heavy work in this record. There is plenty here that keeps the sound fresh and appealing.

Musically, we are seeing a lot heavier elements and more focus on guitar this time around with “Okay.” There is a lot of that classic light pop-punk sound that we have grown used to with As It Is with tracks like “Pretty Little Distance” or “Okay” but after that, the record really begins to open up with a more refreshed sound. Melodies are memorable and there are tracks with some pretty good hooks in them as well. On a technical level tracks like “Patchwork Love” or “Until I Return” really show the band’s true skill as musicians. If you really want the tracks that earn that punk title though, you do not have to look further than “No Way Out” or “Soap.” Even if you are just a casual fan of the genre, “Okay.” has a wide variety that is appealing enough that you should not really have a hard time at all finding a favorite track.

Lyrically, we see the band open up on a lot of past struggles here, and they really emphasize the point on how it is OK to be sad. We see tracks like “Curtains Close,” which tackles the idea of divorce at an older age and what that is like to go through it. Additionally, the family element plays

a big role in “Hey Rachel,” which is about not being there for a sibling. There is also a lot of reflection of the past in tracks like “The Coast Is Where Home Is.” “Okay.” is one of those records where it not only tries to reflect on past experiences but also is written in a way that looks for-

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Should you listen to it?: Yes As It Is may be the new kids on the block in the pop-punk genre, but they have more than proven their worth with “Okay.”

This is one of those records that even if you are not that into the scene it is worth checking out.

There is a lot here for everyone, and while it is more on the shorter side, this record is really well written both lyrically and musically. As It Is are proving that 2017 is going to be a good year for music.

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By Meredith Blake Los Angeles Times

In simpler times, anxious parents worried about what might happen to their children at the park or on the walk home from school. These days, parents fret about the dangers that might lurk behind a closed door in their own home.

“Beware the Slenderman,” running Monday on HBO, will do little to quell fears over screen time, social media and the influence of technology on young people. The story it tells is – at the risk of sounding like a local news promo – every parent’s worst nightmare.

The documentary, directed

by Irene Taylor Brodsky, examines the disturbing case of Morgan Geyser and Anissa Weier, two 12-year-old Wisconsin girls who police say lured a friend into the woods and stabbed her 19 times (she survived). The two are awaiting trial in the 2014 case. The motive for their alleged crime? Pleasing Slender Man, or Slenderman, a fictional boogeyman popularized through Internet forums, blogs and social media that, police say, the girls believed was real.

“Beware the Slenderman” joins a growing list of documentaries that fall under the true-crime banner but that offer something more than lurid sensationalism–“The Jinx,” “Making a Murderer,” “O.J. Made in America.” In this case, it’s a deeply unsettling look at childhood mental illness, the blurred line between the virtual and real, and the potency of Internet memes.

“Beware the Slenderman” uses some of the usual source materials–interviews with family members, home movies, police interrogation footage, local news reports – to estab-

lish the basic details of the case.

Though Geyser was allegedly the one who stabbed the victim –Payton “Bella” Leutner, her best friend since fourth grade –it was Weier who allegedly egged her on. “Go ballistic, go crazy,” she reportedly said, according to police.

As with other such duos– Leopold and Loeb, Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris–Peyser and Weier complement each other in terrible ways. Weier is socially isolated and bullied, spending seemingly most of her free time online. In one of the film’s more affecting sequences, Brodsky re-creates one of Weier’s browsing sessions, clicking through ephemera like an “Are you a psychopath?” quiz and a YouTube clip of a woman feeding a mouse to wild cats.

Peyser initially seems the more dominant and calculating of the two, but we gradually learn that she’s a bright young woman with a strong affinity for fictional worlds. We see snapshots of her dressed as a Vulcan and hear how she believed in Santa Claus until she was 11.

Both girls have mental health issues that slowly came to light but that were not necessarily obvious to their family members. The two find refuge in their shared interests. Like millions of other tweens, they love scary stories and spend hours reading and sharing horror tales on the popular website Creepypasta. They both become particularly fixated with Slender Man, an unusually tall and thin, faceless man who, according to lore, abducts children. To save their families from his wrath, they commit to becoming his “proxies.”

Weier’s and Geyser’s parents, who appear at length in the film, are not the neglectful

people it’s easy (or maybe just comforting) to assume they are.

Weier’s father worries about the influence of technology on his daughter and is seen trying, unsuccessfully, to pry his son away from the iPad. Peyser’s mother recalls worrying that her daughter never got upset watching films like “Bambi”: “If something bad happened to the main character, she wouldn’t have empathy for them.”

What really sets “Beware the Slenderman” apart is its attempt to place this gruesome case in a broader cultural context. Brodsky spends a considerable amount of time interviewing – via Skype, which seems apt – experts in memes, digital folklore and the Brothers Grimm. They argue that, similar to the Pied Piper or other menacing fictional characters, the Slender Man myth reflects the particular anxieties of its time.

Evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins even weighs in, describing a meme, even something innocuous like the Ice Bucket Challenge, as “a virus of the mind spread by being listened to or seen.”

Fittingly, Brodsky incorporates (surprisingly non-cheesy) dramatizations of Slender Man into the usual doc blend of interviews, police interrogations, home movies and news reports.

The final third or so of the film also raises questions about childhood mental illness and the justice system, where high-profile crimes such as this one are often handled with an eye toward retribution rather than rehabilitation. Sadly, despite the strange and particular circumstances of this case, it’s just like many others.

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